---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑30‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Sunday closing laws and retail agreements; to repeal sections 12.1‑30‑01, 12.1‑30‑02, and 12.1‑30‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Sunday closing laws; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑30‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Sunday closing laws and retail agreements; to repeal sections 12.1‑30‑01, 12.1‑30‑02, and 12.1‑30‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Sunday closing laws; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1097"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1097 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "RETAILERS - SEE ALSO SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS", "SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Becker", "Blum", "Davison", "Holmberg", "J. Lee", "Louser", "Meyer", "Nathe", "Poolman", "Pyle", "Roers Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68662164-281c-42c0-a904-e89de950c32c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1097.html"
source_hash: "dcb44277a40697352e2f8a2e75c70c174c156296392e07d73693bb05f37246b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1097 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑30‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Sunday closing laws and retail agreements; to repeal sections 12.1‑30‑01, 12.1‑30‑02, and 12.1‑30‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Sunday closing laws; and to provide a penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0089-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0089-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Becker — primary (person)
- Blum — primary (person)
- Davison — primary (person)
- Holmberg — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Louser — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Nathe — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 56 nays 35 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 25 nays 21 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Returned to House
- **2019-03-21** Signed by President
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68662164-281c-42c0-a904-e89de950c32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).